Mom makes kid gargle tabasco to get on Dr. Phil

Urgh.

August 23, 2011 at 2:01PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

You just don't know where to start with a story like this:

You might be thinking it's a peculiar parent who videotapes such things. You might be thinking it's a peculiar TV show that expects people will document such things. Read on:

Hi, we're from TV. Are you still angry? Great! Listen, there's one teeeeensy little thing we need:

I don't know what to say, except that "flip-cam" is apparently a generic term like bandaid or kleenex or xerox, instead of a specific brand. But just because I don't want to get letters from their lawyers, here: Band-Aid, Kleenex, and Xerox, all appropriately capitalized. The sternest trademark letter I ever received was from NECCO. They really want all those letters capitalized.

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